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Spain

Spain. 16.1. Spain 1500s. Spain emerged as the 1 st modern European Power Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand had unified the country and commanded conquest of the Americas. Charles V. Charles I Heir to three thrones Hapsburg Monarchy Included the Holy Roman Empire Netherlands

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Spain

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  1. Spain 16.1

  2. Spain 1500s • Spain emerged as the 1st modern European Power • Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand had unified the country and commanded conquest of the Americas

  3. Charles V • Charles I • Heir to three thrones • Hapsburg Monarchy • Included the Holy Roman Empire • Netherlands • Castile & Aragon • When he inherited these lands he took the name Charles V • Faced with constant warfare • Protestantism in Germany • Ottoman Empire

  4. Dividing the Empire • Charles V abdicated the throne and entered a monastery in 1556 • He divided his empire between his brother and son • Hapsburg to Ferdinand • Became Holy Roman Empire • Spain, Netherland, Southern Italian states, and Spain’s overseas colonies to his son, Phillip II

  5. Phillip II • Ruled Spain for 42 years • Ruled as absolute monarch • Asserted that he had divine right • Saw himself as the guardian of the Roman Catholic Church

  6. Defending the Catholic Church • Phillip II fought many battles to advance Spanish Catholic power • Fought Protestant rebels in the Netherlands • In the 1560s riots broke out opposing the Inquisition • 1581 Northern Netherlands declared their independence from Spain and became known as the Dutch Netherlands • 1571 Battle of Lepanto • Spain & Italy defeated an Ottoman fleet signifying Spanish power

  7. Spanish Armada

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